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• 'Students can get credit, funding for travel to Israel, Lebanon, and 11 other areas (The Harvard Crimson)
After significant pressure from students and faculty, the College has repealed its policy of withholding funding and credit for study, research, and travel in some countries that the State Department identifies as risky for travel.
• 'Art of travel poster on exhibit in L.A. (The Acorn)
?Far and Wide: The Golden Age of travel Posters? is currently on display in the Central Library?s Getty Gallery (second floor), Fifth and Flower streets in downtown Los Angeles, through May 7.
• 'WCBSTV.com Travel: Where Are The Delays? (CBS 2 New York)
Here are some links that can give you some quick travel info when bad weather strikes.
• 'Israeli travel restrictions take toll on Bethlehem tourist trade (Sydney Morning Herald)
WITH Christmas approaching, the West Bank city of Bethlehem fears that new Israeli travel restrictions could stifle the foreign pilgrim trade in the birthplace of Jesus. -
• 'Branson Eyes New Mexico For Public Space Travel Departure Point (SPACE.com)
The public space travel company, Virgin Galactic, may have identified a new departure point for flying people to the suborbital heights: New Mexico.
• 'Tips for Affordable Holiday Travel (ABC News)
The Travel Mom Finds Reasonable Ways to Get Away
• 'The travel troubleshooter (Miami Herald)
Q: I was flying from Minneapolis to Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Northwest Airlines. My children and I were late and missed our flight. I immediately called the airline to see if we could get rebooked on the next flight, which was the following day. A Northwest representative told me to call my travel agent, and advised me that there would be a $100 change fee.
• 'Giving the gift of travel through books instead of tickets (San Francisco Chronicle)
Books make great gifts. Juicy travel narratives, tangy memoirs with a distinct sense of place, photo keepsakes with stop-in-your-tracks images -- they're are all out there on bookshelves for the holidays. Here are a half dozen of the best: "Time Was...
• 'Offering a world of travel promises (The Charlotte Observer)
Some travel Web sites are feeling so confident about their service or their low prices that they've started offering guarantees.
• 'Selecting travel accessories (The News-Courier)
NEW YORK (AP) ? travel can be divided into four basic parts ? the planning, the journey, the destination, and the memories. Gifts for travelers can be divided along similar lines. Here are a few ideas for each category.

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